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GALDONES:Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:At this point we only have your word that this happened. Im wondering if Ms. Lewis is present here today? In which case we would maybe want to swear her in and ask her if that is a fair representation of the interaction? VITOUSEK:Yeah, absolutely. Or another alternative is to swear Mr. Woodell in and ask him. SIRACUSA:Hes already sworn in. VITOUSEK:Yes. SIRACUSA:But youre the one who we can ask questions of right now. VITOUSEK:No I appreciate that. And no shes not here today. SIRACUSA:Shes not here today. VITOUSEK:Yeah thats correct. And if we need to have that kind of factual informationthenwecanaskMr.Woodellcausehe,Iassumehewilltellthetruth. SIRACUSA:Thank you. GALDONES:Seeing theres no further questions from the commissioners, Mr. Woodell? WOODELL:Theres an old Hawaiian proverb that if you want, your want somebody to see the bottom of the ocean you stir up a lot of sand. You know Im not prepared to-, I admit that I talked to Mrs., Ms. Lewis whos a good friend of mine. I, Im not prepared to say what the conversation was. I think the characterization of the conversation as Mr. Vitousek stated it is probably not correct although there may be some parts of it that are correct. You know whether I consciously knew Leilani Lewis was still on the board, I mean you know this-. Unfortunately this is the kind of thing I think that would take a regular hearing. I mean you know I would have to confront her. I would want to see what she said what her recollection of the conversation was. You know Leilani Lewis brother and I have known each other our lifetimes. So you know and I, you live in a community and maybe I screwed up I dont know. But, I, you know its up, its up to you folks. You know I think I have had, I have practiced law a lot longer than Mr. Vitousek obviously. And I think I have had one other complaint against me that was immediately dismissed and lets see probably 63 years Ive practiced law? No, that couldnt be right. 45 years48 years! 48 years. In any event you know I, I, Im taken aback by this because I dont know what to tell you know. I dont know what to say because I would like to have the opportunity to complete this. I dont, I do not practice law and this is cert-. I, I took this case manuahi because I felt the community was, needed some help. And Im not going to practice law again. So it doesnt make any difference to me. I mean he can file his complaint with the commission and I respect if thats what they want to do. Go ahead and do it you know. EXHIBIT A 6